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sentence parallel amount embellishment apart foregoing wholly arouse forehead woolly village already forty villain all right foreign till forfeit amateur formally perpetual grandeur formerly persuade perspiration appal fulfill apparatus willful police appetite policies approximate guardian opportunity guessing presence opposite precede disappoint imminent preceptor disappearance immediately accommodation fiend choose commission siege chosen grammar friend inflammation yielding boundary recommend elementary summary seize symmetrical receive final committee receipt finally usual ledger succeed usually legible proceed ascend assassin recede ascent dissimilar secede discerning essential accede discipline messenger intercede discontent concede discreet necessary supersede descent necessity passport 199. Words ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, if monosyllables, or if the last syllable is accented, double the final consonant before the ending _-ed_ and _-ing_, but not before _-ence_; as, rob, rob_bed_, rob_bing_, rob_bers_. confer, confer_red_, confer_ring_, confer_ence_. transmit, transmit_ted_, transmit_ting_, transmi_ssion_. impel, impel_led_, impel_ling_, imp_ulsion_. Similar to the above are. defer, infer, prefer, refer, transfer, occur (occurrence), abhor (abhorrence), omit, remit, permit, commit, beset, impel, compel, repel, excel (excellence), mob, sob, rub, skid. If these words are not accented on the last syllable, the consonant is not doubled; as, benefit,
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